Callogenesis and Shoot Organogenesis from Flowers of Stevia rebaudiana (Bert.)

Sugar Tech

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-177

  Ahmad, Nisar ^a,b   Fazal, Hina ^c   Zamir, Roshan ^b   Khalil, Shahid Akbar ^b   Abbasi, Bilal Haider ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE NIFA   (Pakistan)

^c PAKISTAN COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Callogenesis; Flowers; Palynology; Shoot organogenesis; Stevia rebaudiana

Indexed keywords

STEVIA REBAUDIANA;

EID: 80051667073     PISSN: 09721525     EISSN: 09740740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12355-011-0083-3     Document Type: Article

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